Instructed Home-based Physical Exercise for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
ConditionLiver Cirrhosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorKarolinska University Hospital
About this trial
The study will compare two forms of advice regarding physical activity for patients hospitalized with cirrhosis that are preparing for leaving the hospital. One arm consists of current standard of care: simple oral advice on exercise. One arm instead gives patients a structured but simple paper template on physical activity.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Liver cirrhosis diagnosed with previous clinical assessment and radiology (de-formed liver, noduli, varices, collaterals, splenomegaly >12 cm) or with biopsy (fibrosis grade 4). ICD-code K70.3, K74.6.
MELD < 25
Understanding the Swedish language.
Signed informed consent.
Disqualifiers
Performance status ≥3.
Severe pain which prevents the patient to perform the physical activities, as judged by the attending physician at time of discharge.
Previously liver transplanted
Unlikely to be compliant to follow-up (living in other parts of Sweden), as judged by the attending physician at time of discharge.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Standard of Care advice on physical activity
- Structured advice on physical activity
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Karolinska University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov